Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
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Which schools produce the most (left), and where it's the biggest part of the school's identity (right). "3×" = that school's notable alumni are three times as likely to have this occupation as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.
Most alumni
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 13.1× | |
| Stanford University CA | 22.3× | |
| Harvard University MA | 17.0× | |
| Columbia University NY | 17.0× | |
| Pennsylvania State University PA | 8.6× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 4.6× | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 10.7× | |
| University of Iowa IA | 10.1× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 4.7× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 10.0× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 10.0× | |
| New York University NY | 4.7× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 5.5× | |
| University of Washington WA | 4.4× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 4.4× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 5.2× | |
| Michigan State University MI | 3.6× |
Biggest part of the school's identity
Shares are shrunk toward the national rate for small counts, and
each school must clear the same size-scaled minimum (5–20 people) as the school pages.
| School | % of its noted alumni | Alumni |
|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 5 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 10 |